Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Izaiah Rhim tries a layup as Nick Brandt defends for Barker during the Mustangs win over the host Raiders this evening.

Medina opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball title with a 53-21 win at Barker this evening.

Nate Sherman and Brian Fry each scored 10 points to lead Medina’s balanced attack as Vincent Montague, Joe Cecchini and Jarin Rhim each added 8, Tyler Chinn and William Braswell 4 and Izaiah Rhim 1.

Nick Brandt led Barker with 10 as Preston Harris had 5, Hunter Callen 4 and Cole Hanssen 2.

Medina jumped out to a 12-0 first period lead as two baskets by Montague led five Mustang point getters.

The Mustangs lead increased to 25-2 at the half and 35-12 at the three-quarter mark.

Medina next hosts Elba at 6:30 p.m. Monday in a non league game.

Barker’s Nick Brandt puts up a shot as Nate Sherman and Brian Fry try to block for Medina.

Albion trimmed Alexander 43-39 in a non league wrestling match this evening.

Ben Restivo, Amilcar Morales and Cody Wilson had pins for the Purple Eagles as Jessy Cruz and Addison Christ chipped in with decision victories.

Swimming
Medina splits at Akron
Medina downed host Akron 102-65 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet this afternoon.

Ray Paull was a double winner for the Seahorses in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke as Isaac Pace took the 100 Free, Hunter Heil the 50 Free and Chris Goyette the 100 Backstroke.

Medina and Akron are now both 1-1.

Akron won the girls meet 98-74 to improve to 2-0.

Hannah Heil won both the 50 Free and 100 Free for Media as Olivia Carter took the 100 Backstroke and Grace Cogovan the 100 Breaststroke.

Four pins sparked Holley-Kendall to a 60-24 non league wrestling win over Akron this evening.

Bruce Rasmusson, Jayden Pieniaszek, Dave Farruggia and Erik Balys each registered a pin for the Hawks which also got decision wins by Dylan Clemons and Eli Stanton.

Building up a 34-26 half-time advantage, Elba went on to defeat visiting Kendall 62-51 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Jon Boyce had 20 and Collin O’Halloran 13 to lead Elba.

Nate Warters scored a game high 22 and John Rath added 15 for Kendall. Rath also grabbed off 8 rebounds and Warters 7.

Attica 67, Holley 43

Leading 19-16 after one quarter, Attica used a big 22-5 second period scoring surge to key a 67-43 win over Holley in another G-R contest.

Tyler Meyer and Devon Henderson each scored 17 to pace Attica which led 41-21 at the half.

Matt Skehan scored 12, Kohl Morgan 10 and Matt Wilson 8 for Holley as John Mounts added 8 steals.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Deyonci Farley puts up a shot over Roy-Hart defender Charlie Bruning during the host Purple Eagles win over the Rams this evening.

Leading from wire to wire, Albion scored a 56-40 home court victory over Roy-Hart this evening in the Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball season opener.

Deyonci Farley scored a game high 22 points to lead the way for Albion as Bryce Pritchard and Xavier Cornick both added 8, Kevin Hillman 7, Liam Ward 5, Michael DiCureia 4 and Jonathan DePuy 2.

Charlie Bruning scored 18 and Charlie Brigham 13 to pace Roy-Hart as Peyton Rhinehart added 5, Austin Garrow 2 and Lance Krieger and Reed Albee 1 each.

Roy-Hart’s Charlie Bruning grabs a rebound again from Albion’s Michael DiCureia.

Albion jumped out to a 9-0 lead at the outset capped off by a three by Farley who had a total of 8 points in the opening period.

Roy-Hart though got right back in the game by answering with a 13-5 run, including 7 by Bruning and 6 by Brigham, to cut the deficit to one, 14-13, at the end of the stanza.

After four lead changes early in the second period, the Purple Eagles closed the stanza with a 12-1 run, including 5 by Farley, to take a 30-18 lead at the half.

Albion went up by as many as 19, 38-19, midway through the third quarter but Roy-Hart closed with an 8-2 run capped off by a layup by Brigham to rally back to within 13, 40-27, at the three-quarter mark.

The Rams then closed the deficit to just seven, 45-38, with two and a half minutes to go in the fourth quarter after a three and layup by Bruning and a three by Brigham but could get no closer.

Albion answered with a victory clinching 9-0 run to close the game including two free throws by Cornick and pair of layups by Hillman, the second coming off a steal.

In the other N-O game Wilson defeated visiting Akron 54-38.

Albion’s Kevin Hillman grabs a rebound away from the Roy-Hart duo of Lance Krieger and Austin Garrow.

Roy-Hart’s Charlie Brigham reaches for a layup past Albion defenders Liam Ward and Bryce Pritchard.

Albion downed visiting Roy-Hart 58-36 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League boys swim meet.

Roy-Hart gained a split on the day by downing Albion 83-10 in the girls meet.

Matt Kovaleski doubled in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 breaststroke and Harrison Brown took both the 100 Free and 200 Free for the Albion boys as Sam Sanchez added a win in the 100 Butterfly and Thomas Furmanski took the 100 Backstroke.

Albion is now 2-0 and Roy-Hart 1-1.

Amanda Hill doubled in the 200 Free and 100 Butterfly and Kayla Hagen in the Individual Medley and 100 Free for the Roy-Hart girls as Jenna Heiser took the 50 Free, Madison Ohol the 500 Free, Madison Pratt the 100 Backstroke and Holly DiMayo the 100 Breaststroke.

Roy-Hart is now 2-0 and Albion 0-2.

Barker, Newfane split

Barker likewise split with Newfane winning the boys meet 87-68 and losing the girls 113-43.

Ryan Santarsiero doubled in the Individual Medley and 500 Free and Dominic Clementi in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke for the Barker boys.

Barker is now 1-1 and Newfane 0-2.

Lauren Gaughran doubled for the Newfane girls in the Individual Medley and 500 Free.

Newfane is now 1-1 and Barker 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Lexi Wolck puts up a layup as Jenahlee Reimer and Savannah Poler defend for Lyndonville during the host Purple Eagles win over the Lady Tigers this evening.

Getting point production from nine different players, Albion rolled to a 53-13 victory over visiting Lyndonville this evening in a non league girls basketball game.

Brylie Hapeman and Kendall Derisley each scored 9 points to lead Albion’s balanced attack as Lexi Wolck added 8, Paige Derisley and Honesty Little 6, Sarah Gregori 5, Tess Pettit and Natalie Lathrop 4 and Sydney Mulka 2.

Lyndonville’s Prezli Silversmith tries to get by Albion defender Kirsten Struble.

Alecia Hinkson scored 5, Anna Lewis 4 and Prezli Silversmith and Jenahlee Reimer 2 for Lyndonville.

Kendall Derisley scored 7, including a three, and Hapeman 4 in the opening period to spark Albion out to a 13-4 lead.

Six different players then contributed baskets in the second period as the Purple Eagles increased their advantage to 25-6 at the half.

Threes by Hapeman and Gregori highlighted the third period which ended with Albion up 39-10.

Albion is now 2-3 and Lyndonville 3-3.

Barker 34, Kendall 28
Sydnie Luckman scored 9, Serena Harris 8, Rachel Parfinski 7 and Gabby Baker 5 to lead Barker to its first win in four starts, a 34-28 non league victory over visiting Kendall.

Brittney Marks scored 12, Lizzie Sutphen 6 and Jenna Regan 4 for Kendall which is also 1-3.

Barker led 14-13 at the half.

Oakfield-Alabama 64, Holley 33

Oakfield-Alabama downed Holley 64-33 in a Genesee Region League game as Brianna Smith scored 26.

Madison Marsh scored 16 and Olivia Radford 12 for Holley.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Cody Wilson works toward a pin over Medina’s Robert Morehouse during the Purple Eagles victory over the host Mustangs this evening.

A combination of four forfeit wins (worth a total of 24 points) and three pins keyed Albion to a 48-24 victory over rival Medina in a Niagara-Orleans League wrestling match this evening at Medina.

Medina did grab a 12-0 lead at the outset on back-to-back second period pins by Donovan Alexander (195) and Chase Weese (220).

Medina’s Donovan Alexander in route to scoring a pin over Albion’s Cam Bell.

Albion though answered right back by taking four of the next five matches on two forfeits, a second period pin by Cody Wilson (285) and a come-from-behind one point decision win by Amilcar Morales (113) to rally into a 21-18 lead.

Medina did regain a 24-21 advantage on a first period pin by Colby Petrie (132) but the lead proved to be the Mustangs last.

The Purple Eagles again answered right back taking the final five matches on first period pins by Dayne Aina (145) and Chase Carlton (152) along with a one point decision win by Addison Christ (138) and two forfeits to claim the victory.

Albion is now 2-1 and Medina 0-3 in N-O competition.

In another N-O match, Akron downed Roy-Hart/Barker 50-24.

Quinn Brown, Tyler Miller and AJ Schafer all had pins for Roy-Hart/Barker.

Akron is now 3-0 and Roy-Hart/Barker 0-3.

Medina’s Colby Petrie works for a pin over Albion’s Alex Hafner.

Albion’s Amilcar Morales in route to rallying for a one point decision win over Medina’s Rashawn Bloom.

Photo Courtesy of Genesee Athletics – Peyton Sargent is shown here at the signing joined by her parents, at right, Rachel and Bill, and GCC women’s soccer head coach Jeff Reyngoudt.

The Genesee women’s soccer program has announced the recent signing of defender Peyton Sargent who is a senior at Holley High.

Besides soccer, Sargent is a member of the Hawks track team. A four-year varsity soccer player, she was named to the Genesee Region All-Star team this past season.

In 2018, the GCC women’s soccer program won the NJCAA Region III District B Championships and played very competitive soccer in the NJCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championships. The team finished the season with a record of 17-4.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson puts up a shot over Notre Dame defender Ethan Chadbourne during the host Tigers win over the Irish this evening.

Passing a big early season test, Lyndonville bested visiting Notre Dame 72-58 this evening in a key Genesee Region League game.

Nathan Dillenbeck scored 24, Nathan Hydock 19 and Zach Johnson 17 to lead the Lyndonville attack as Matt Hess added 9 and Nathan Poler 3.

Lyndonville’s Nathan Hydock puts up a rebound shot as Gabe MacDonald defends for Notre Dame.

Gabe MacDonald scored 20 and Zack Cocking 18, on six threes, for Notre Dame as Spencer Misiti added 8, Mason Randall and Keith Szczepanski 4 and Lucas Calarco and Andrew Moore 2.

Dillenbeck had the hot hand early scoring 11 points in the opening quarter, including three threes, to spark Lynodnville out to a 15-11 lead.

Johnson then hit three threes in the second quarter while Dillenbeck added another and Hydock had a layup and a rebound bucket and Hess a rebound basket to help boost the Tigers lead to 14, 33-19, at the half.

Keeping the momentum, Lyndonville opened the third period with a 12-3 run including a three and a layup by Hydock and a layup and a rebound basket by Johnson, to extend the advantage to 23, 45-22.

Notre Dame though answered with a 16-4 run, including five baskets by MacDonald and a pair of threes by Cocking, to cut the deficit to 11, 49-38. The Irish though could get no closer.

Lyndonville moved back out to a 16 point, 56-40, advantage by closing the third period with a 7-2 run including four free throws by Dillenbeck and a rebound basket by Hydock who had a total of 11 points in the stanza.

Notre Dame could get no closer than 10 down the stretch as Hess scored 6 and Dillenbeck and Johnson 4 each to keep the Tigers in command.

Lyndonville improves to 2-0 in the league and 4-0 overall.